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chocolate chunk hazelnut biscuits
Does anybody else grumpy-bake? I certainly do. "I feel grumpy so I'm going to bake something."This is the end product of said grumpy baking.I initially thought these weren't anything exciting, but...
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the almost doomed mini mincemeat frangipane tarts
a.k.a. why it's not a good idea to bake using an electric oven during a thunder and lightning storm.There has been a lot of annoying power blips this week due to thunder and lightning. I *just* got a...
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my Christmas snowflake dress
Ta-dah! I finished my Christmas dress and it has mother-flippin' SLEEVES! Check out those bad boys.So.... I have weird shoulders/shoulder blades and a straight back. I suppose I've always known that,...
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festive bakes
Merry Christmas Eve folks! As usual all my festive baking seems to happen in a last minute rush so I thought I'd group them together in one post like I've done in previous years. (You'd think I'd learn...
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Introducing Doris (and a general round up of the year)
Apparently I was a very good girl this year as I received a lovely dressform for Christmas.Dressform Doris is going to be very useful with future sewing projects. I can also try out outfit combinations...
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"maybe that yellow one is a minion..?"
It's probably a bad idea to ask your Aunty and Granny to make a Star Wars themed cake when neither of them have seen any of the Star Wars films (yes, I know, sorry) but that's what my nephew requested...
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chocolate and coconut cake
It was my cousin's birthday last Friday so naturally I baked her a cake. She's a big fan of Bounty chocolate bars so I knew a chocolate and coconut cake would go down a treat.Although I was initially...
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2015 sewing plans
And just when everybody does a massive sigh of relief thinking all the "plans for 2015" type blog posts have finally rolled past here I come with mine. Ha ha!I was a bit naughty a couple of weeks ago...
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gingerbread dinosaur invasion
My friend Sarah gives the best Christmas presents, 3D dinosaur biscuit cutters!I was a bit miffed that I hadn't got around to baking any gingerbread biscuits at Christmas, so these cutters gave me the...
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cranberry and orange cupcakes with white chocolate icing
January has been the "bake things I never got round to making in December" month. First the gingerbread biscuits and now these cupcakes from the Hummingbird Bakery Home Sweet Home book.There are some...
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chocolate chip banana bread and homemade Nutella
A few nights ago I dreamt that Mary Berry asked me to find a Scrabble board. I didn't question her, after all she is a baking legend and has as much authority as the Queen. I dutifully drove to my...
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chocolate malt marble bundt
It was my Mum's birthday at the weekend so naturally she deserved a beauty of a cake. I have to admit I think I did pretty well this year.After seeing a malted chocolate bundt cake on Chocolate Log...
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"have a cuppa tea" skirt
Woohoo, my first sewn item of 2015! A flirty Anna Maria Horner Study Hall skirt. I'm surprised that there doesn't appear to be many versions online as I think it's a fantastic little pattern. Do you...
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I knitted a hat!
That's right, your eyes have not deceived you. I actually knitted this hat. Go me.Weirdly I hadn't intended to relearn knitting right now (I've started and stopped so many times over the years) but the...
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sonic birthday cake
It was middle nephew's 5th birthday on Wednesday so a Sonic The Hedgehog cake was required. Sonic was much easier to model than eldest nephew's Star Wars themed cake as I'm actually familiar with the...
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lemon drizzle poppy seed bundt
At times I think my blog could be renamed What Do You Make Of My Lemon Cake? because I bake them so often. As much as I try to use other flavours, I inevitably return to lemon. It's a firm...
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I knitted another hat!
Don't fall off your chairs with excitement, but I have successfully knitted a second hat. This time, I followed Sirdar 9060 Click Chunky's top right view with a chunky Stylecraft acrylic/wool mix in my...
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white chocolate and hazelnut praline cake
The combination of white chocolate and hazelnut has been rattling around my brain for ages so last weekend I finally decided to pair them together in a cake. I'm happy to report that it turned out...
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banoffee loaf cake
Mary Berry's plain banana loaf has become my favourite banana loaf recipe to play around with, whether it's chucking in extra ingredients or slathering on a different icing. This time I decided to add...
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treats
When someone has upset you with their mistrustful and difficult behaviour, there are two ways to deal with the anxiety and frustration:Bake cakes and buy fabric....and eat most of the cake before the...
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